SI’s supporters block way, raise slogans
Chaos reigned in the district courts as Sanjeev Kumar was sent to judicial custody till November 22Chandigarh, November 8
The high drama witnessed at the Sector 17 market yesterday following the arrest of SI Sanjeev Kumar by Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) in an alleged corruption case repeated itself in the district courts today.

There was a crowd outside district courts, Sector 17, when SI Sanjeev Kumar was produced there by the CBI on Saturday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari

SI Arrest CaseA question of answers
Chandigarh, November 8
Several questions are being raised following the arrest of SI Sanjeev Kumar by the CBI in an alleged corruption case.
Incidentally, the CBI arrest came at a time when the UT police was already looking into the complaint filed by Arvind Kumar Pandey on whose complaint the CBI has initiated action.

Central Club in trouble again
Chandigarh, November 8
In yet another blow to the Sector 9 Central Club management, the Chandigarh administration is in the process of slapping a recovery notice on it to the tune of Rs 1.26 crore as due rent.
The move comes following the administration’s decision to take the possession
of the club after taking cognisance of the alleged blatant misuse of the
premises and violations of the allotment conditions.

Jaspal Bhatti and Savita Bhatti rehearse for their next act in ‘Nach Baliye’ at Joke Factory, Mohali, on
Saturday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Sodomy case
Fresh notice served on school
Chandigarh, November 8
Following the failure of DAV, Sector 8, authorities to furnish the inquiry report on the incident of alleged sodomy of a Class VI student, the UT education department has served a fresh notice to school, asking it to provide the same at the earliest.

Insurance co comes out with ‘Unisurge’
Chandigarh, November 8
The United India Insurance Company has come out with a project christened “Unisurge”. Initiated in consultation with the Boston Consultancy group, the project envisages a change in the method of operation, organisational structure and strengthening of finances.

No network, patients suffer
GH-16 computers out of order for the past 15 days
Chandigarh, November 8
Patients and the staff of Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, had a harrowing time as the computer network has been out of order for the past 15 days. Ironically, this is happening at the time when the authorities are spending crores of rupees on the hospital.

Illegal structures coming up, GMADA sleeps
Mohali, November 8
Increasing land prices around Mohali have spurred illegal construction activity.
Right under the nose of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority, unscrupulous elements have raised unauthorised structures in
Balongi, Kharar, Zirakpur and Derabassi. Around 350 such colonies exist on the city’s periphery.

Illegal structures that have come up under high-tension lines in Balongi village,
Mohali. A Tribune photograph

Markets or bus stands
Mohali, November 8
Market areas of Phases-II and III-A have virtually been turned into bus stands by operators of long-distance private buses, much to the annoyance of shopkeepers.
Repeated requests over the years to the authorities concerned have failed to yield any results.

Water tanks being cleaned after 20 years
Mohali, November 8
The Punjab Public Health Department fails to learn lesson. After the recent outbreak of diarrhoea due to contaminated potable water in the Majri block, public health officials seem to be compromising with the quality of cleaning the sludge and dirt while cleaning the the underground water storage tanks in Phase X here.

Labourers scrub the floor of an underground water tank in Phase X,
Mohali, on Saturday. A Tribune photo

Acute staff crunch in IT dept
Chandigarh, November 8
The existing staff crunch in the income tax (IT) department of the Chandigarh region has further accentuated with six more middle-rank officials resigning in the recent past. The crunch is already showing its effect on the functioning of the department as follow-ups of raids are piling along with the cases of recoveries.

17 mediation centres inaugurated
Chandigarh, November 8
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today created history of sorts by becoming the first in the country to inaugurate as many as 17 district mediation and conciliation centres across Punjab and Haryana almost simultaneously.

Law terms made easy
Chandigarh, November 8
If you have been referring to women high court judges as “my lords”, instead of “your ladyship”, or do not know the difference between “notice of motion” and “notice”, its time for you to pick up the “Lawyer’s Guide — Indian Laws, Courts, Tribunals and ADR”.

Chandigarh, November 8
The Indian banking system is very strong and immune to the global financial meltdown. Because of the stringent measures adopted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the asset-liability basket of banks, India’s economy is on the
safe track.
Pawan Kumar Bansal, minister of state for finance and parliamentary affairs, addresses a seminar on “Global Meltdown and India: Causes and Effects” organised by the Aryans Business School here today. Tribune
Photo: Parvesh Chauhan

Dhonchak takes over as UT Legal Remembrancer
Chandigarh, November 8
Haryana judicial officer M.M. Dhonchak is soon expected to take over as UT Legal
Remembrancer. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has already cleared his name for appointment to the post.

Chandigarh, November 8
As many as 50 visually impaired children and 10 staff members from the Institute of blind, Sector 26, Chandigarh, visited the local Air Force station here today. They were taken inside various aircraft to give them an exposure to feel the flying machines in close
proximity.

Visually impaired children get the feel of an aircraft’s cockpit during a visit to the Air Force station in Chandigarh on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Poetry mother of all arts, says Muzaffar Ali
Chandigarh, November 8
"Blessed by Almighty, Sufi sages and visionaries are the omniscient whose cultivated ideals have influenced the life of the people of different sects and faiths across the centuries", observed Muzaffar Ali, the acclaimed film maker, painter, scholar poet and proponent of Sufi mysticism.

Expert stresses to plant high-yielding rice varieties
Chandigarh, November 8
The second day of the national symposium on “New Biology in Agriculture” started with an informative talk by Prof. D.S. Brar from
IRRI, Manila, Philippines. He talked about application of genomes in the production of designer crops.

‘Ray Ban’ sunglasses for Rs 150!
Chandigarh, November 8
“Sir, get this original sunglasses of “Ray Ban” for just Rs 150-200, which are worth over Rs 3,000 in any showroom.” This line was uttered by Raju (name changed), a youth in his mid-20s, to this correspondent in front of Neelam police post at Piazza, Sector 17, here.

Get-together by veteran Rajputs
Chandigarh, November 8
Veterans of the Rajput Regiment, one of the oldest regiments of the Army, held their annual get-together here today, with a large number of senior serving as well as retired officers joining the occasion.Vice-Chief of the Army Staff Lt-Gen M.L. Naidu along with members of the Rajput
Officer’s Association during its annual get-together in Chandigarh on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Patients to get relief, discount increased
Chandigarh, November 8
The patients will get more relief as the PGI administration has decided to increase the 10-25 per cent discount on medicines and surgical items at chemist shops in the institute.

60 vehicles challaned in 2 days
Zirakpur, November 8
As many as 60 vehicles were challaned in two days for violating the Motor Vehicle Act during a special drive launched by the DSP (traffic) Raka
Ghirra, Mohali, and the traffic police, Zirakpur.

Garbage BurningDefaulters to face action
Panchkula, November 8
Going tough with the persons found indulged in burning the garbage and leaves in the town, the district administration has decided to penalise them. The administration is flooded with the complaints of air pollution in the town due to burning of the garbage in the localities by sweepers recently.

Job letters to 99 Ayurvedic docs
Mohali, November 8
Health and family welfare minister Laxmi Kanta Chawla handed over the appointment letters to 99 Ayurvedic medical officers under the NRHM whose selection was duly verified by representatives of different departments.

‘Increase BPL cards time limit’
Chandigarh, November 8
A delegation of the BJP, Chandigarh, led by Kewal Krishan Addiwal, state vice-president, today met Prerna
Puri, additional director of the food and supplies department.

CME on radiography
Chandigarh, November 8
The Indian Association of Radiological Technologists, in collaboration with the department of
radiodiagnosis, Government Multi-specialty Hospital, Sector 16, celebrated the World Radiography day today at district family welfare office, Sector 22, by organising a continuous medical education programme.

Clashes in PUWay to tackle security
Need to evolve mechanism for conflict resolutionChandigarh, November 8
As Panjab University continues to be in the headlines because of repeated incidents of student clashes, questions are now being raised not only on the security mechanism that the university authorities have evolved to prevent such incidents, but also on the absence of an internal conflict management system to resolve vindictive attitudes of the warring factions.

Lecture on ‘perceptions of earth physics’ held
Chandigarh, November 8
A special lecture on “New perceptions in earth physics” by Prof J. N.
Nanda, former director, DRDO, was organised today as part of a seven-day motivational contact programme for talented school students, being held at the department of physics, Panjab University.

Ex-Army captain held for cheating
Rajpura, November 8
The Rajpura police today arrested a retired captain and two others for cheating a large number of aspirants for jobs and befooling them on the pretext of giving them jobs in the Army.

An ex-serviceman, who was caught by the police during a military recruitment in
Rajpura, was presented in court on Saturday. Photo: J.S. Virdi

Punjab to start 3 dairy training institutes
Ropar, November 8
The Punjab government would start three modern rural dairy training institutes in a state to train new entrepreneurs to usher a new era in the second
white revolution.

21 awarded degrees at CIIS
Fatehgarh Sahib, November 8
As many as 21 management and engineering students, who completed international study courses being run by the Continental Institute of International Studies (CIIS) were awarded degrees at a convocation ceremony organised today at CIIS campus.

10 years on, murder accused yet to be held
Kalka, November 8
Hardeep Kaur, a widow from Kurari Mohalla, here, continues to fight for the past 10 years to get justice for the murder of her husband. Though a court had issued arrest warrant against Sarwan Singh and others, whom she held responsible for her husband Kesar’s murder, the accused are yet to be nabbed.

1 killed, 8 hurt in accident
Rajpura, November 8
A resident of Ajraur village was killed in an accident and eight others received injuries when a three-wheeler was hit by a speeding truck near Liberty Chowk at Rajpura bypass today.

PSEB linesman injured
Kharar, November 8
A linesman of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) was injured today after receiving electric shocks. 52-year-old linesman, Charan Singh, a resident of village Daun Majra, was working on an electric pole near the railway station.

Grant released for govt school
Rajpura, November 8
Chief parliamentary secretary Raj Khurana has released a grant of Rs 2.57 lakh for the government school in Khanpur Baring village. Speaking during the occasion he said Rs 1.21 crore would be spent on various developmental works in Rajpura. These works include broadening of roads to reduce accidents and other developmental works.

3 get life imprisonment for murder
Chandigarh, November 8
Additional district and sessions judge R.S. Attri today sentenced Mewa Ram, Sucha Ram and Darshan Singh to life imprisonment for murdering one Raju at the district courts. The court also convicted the trio for suppressing evidence under Section 201 of the
IPC.

Man booked under Dowry Act
Chandigarh, November 8
Saneha Garg, a resident of Mullanpur, filed a complaint with the police alleging that her husband Parveen Kumar, a resident of Behlana, harassed and maltreated her to bring more dowry. A case has been registered under Sections 406, 498-A of the IPC at the Sector 31 police station.

520 cartons of liquor seized
Mohali, November 8
Despite claims of the UT excise department of having curtailed permits given to liquor contractors, the Mohali police today seized a huge cache of liquor being smuggled from the UT to Bathinda.

Chandigarh’s Kahlon finishes tied fifth
Muniyappa registers first winChandigarh, November 8
Harmeet Kahlon of Chandigarh fought back with an eagle and a birdie in a flawless 33 back nine to card a three-under 69 and finished tied fifth as Bangalore’s C.
Muniyappa capped his first professional win, returning a six- under 66 in the final round of the Toyota Altis Open PGTI event at the Eagleton Golf Course near Bangalore today.

Chandigarh, November 8
The Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, annexed the Panjab University Inter-College Baseball (Women) Championship for the session 2008-09 being played at PU grounds here today.Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, in a jubilant mood after winning
the Panjab University Inter-College Baseball (Women) Championship 2008-09
held at at PU grounds on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

South Asian shooting meet
Smeet selected in seniors’ team
Chandigarh, November 8
Local lad Smeet Singh has been selected in the senior shooting team of India and will be participating in the South Asian Shooting Championship to be held from November 20 to 28 in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Smeet Singh, a shooter from Chandigarh, who made it to the senior Indian team. A Tribune photograph

Jeev climbs to tied 19th slot
Chandigarh, November 8
Jeev Milkha Singh climbed to the tied 19th spot after playing a one under par 12 after three holes in the unfinished third round besides carding a one under par 71 in the second round earlier in the day in the $ 50 lakh HSBC Champions Asian Tour event at Shanghai in China today.

Dhillon wins ladies’ golf title
Chandigarh, November 8
Rima Dhillon logged 39 points to triumph from Chandigarh Golf Club in the All-India Eileen Mandal Memorial Golf Tournament played on the Chandigarh greens on a stable ford format yesterday.

Vaid bowls RLCR to victory
Chandigarh, November 8
A fine spell of bowling by Rajesh Vaid (4 for 16) enabled RLCR XI to defeat Pace Club-32 by four wickets in the IInd RLCR League Cricket Tournament, being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club at Government Model Senior Secondary School ground in 32 ground here today.

‘Synthetic tracks must to uplift sports’
Chandigarh, November 8
From being the country’s first woman to have won a gold medal in 400 m race in Asian Games, a way back in 1970, to become the first to be a Punjab Rattan Awardee and then becoming the first woman director of national camp of the prestigious
NIS, Patiala, Kanwaljit Sandhu Koonar has certainly many firsts to her credit.